{"id":226,"date":"2016-02-07T00:57:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T00:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arlduc.org\/brogram\/?p=226"},"modified":"2016-02-08T01:12:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T01:12:29","slug":"building-a-3d-printer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/brogram\/building-a-3d-printer\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a 3D printer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I ordered a 3D printer kit about two months ago. It&#8217;s been quite a journey! Main steps (will flesh this out soon)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Back and forth with 3dPrintersOnline.com<\/li>\n<li>Assembling the mechanical body. See annotated assembly guide.<\/li>\n<li>Hooking up the main board. Extending some of the wires by soldering additional length.<\/li>\n<li>Fixing e-stop soldering.<\/li>\n<li>Careful about power!<\/li>\n<li>Thermistor issues.<\/li>\n<li>Firmware issues.<\/li>\n<li>Trying to do a dry-run; switching to Repetier Host.<\/li>\n<li>Homing issues. Y-band breaks.<\/li>\n<li>Checking thermistor. 6k connected to the board; 100k disconnected from the board.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/?q=migbot&#038;t=ffab&#038;ia=images<\/p>\n<p>Electron Printers: http:\/\/www.electron3dprinter.com\/<\/p>\n<p>Electron Mix G3: https:\/\/www.3dprintersonlinestore.com\/electron-mix-g3-3d-printer-kit<\/p>\n<p>firmware for MKS Base: http:\/\/forums.reprap.org\/feed.php?146,472067,type=rss<\/p>\n<p>Marlin on github: https:\/\/github.com\/MarlinFirmware\/Marlin\/wiki\/Supported-Hardware#LCD_Controllers<\/p>\n<p>RAMPS 1.4: http:\/\/reprap.org\/wiki\/RAMPS_1.4<\/p>\n<p>Marlin setup guide: http:\/\/airtripper.com\/1145\/marlin-firmware-v1-basic-configuration-set-up-guide\/<\/p>\n<p>reprap thermistors: http:\/\/reprap.org\/wiki\/Thermistor<\/p>\n<p>installing a new thermistor: http:\/\/zennmaster.com\/random-things\/reprap-101-using-silicate-based-putty-to-install-a-thermistor-in-a-hotend<\/p>\n<p>reprap thermistor issues: http:\/\/forums.reprap.org\/read.php?279,249052<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/wiki.ultimaker.com\/Installing_Cura_on_Linux (baud rate)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; MKS Base&#8212;<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/reprap.org\/wiki\/MKS_BASE<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.cubic-print.com\/MKS-BASE-SET_EN<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/reprap.org\/wiki\/RepRapDiscount_Smart_Controller<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.reprapshop.us\/product\/lcd-control-panel\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I ordered a 3D printer kit about two months ago. It&#8217;s been quite a journey! Main steps (will flesh this out soon) Back and forth&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tinker","category-world","has-post-thumbnail-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/brogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/brogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/brogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/brogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/brogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/brogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/brogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions\/238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/brogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/brogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/brogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/brogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}